![MFA Alum. Nathaniel Rosenthalis plublishes his second Book, The Leniad](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Rosenthalis%2BNathaniel%2B-%2Bheadshot.png?itok=bWSdApn-)
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![MFA Alum. Nathaniel Rosenthalis plublishes his second Book, The Leniad](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Rosenthalis%2BNathaniel%2B-%2Bheadshot.png?itok=bWSdApn-)
![Niki Herd is featured in today's Poetry Daily](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Herd.jpg?itok=Dcc6W20j)
Niki Herd is featured in today's Poetry Daily
![MFA Alum Kieron Walquist is Awarded The Missouri Review Poem of the Year](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Walquist.jpg?itok=JXODZX35)
MFA Alum Kieron Walquist is Awarded The Missouri Review Poem of the Year
![Carl Phillips wins the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Then%20the%20War.jpeg?itok=OQI7cT6d)
Carl Phillips wins the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
![MFA Alum. Nathaniel Rosenthalis Won't Begin Again](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Articles/Won%27t%20Begin_0.jpg?itok=zrw1Wbew)
MFA Alum. Nathaniel Rosenthalis Won't Begin Again
![Read Zenique Gardner Perry's "When Momma’s Prayers Weren’t Enough"](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Zenique%20Gardner%20Perry.jpg?itok=JRIbldOE)
Read Zenique Gardner Perry's "When Momma’s Prayers Weren’t Enough"
![Listen to Niki Herd read her poem, "Aubade for The Late Great Show" on NER Out Loud](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Icons/NEROutLoudCover-square-web.jpg?itok=-0dm7Pqw)
Listen to Niki Herd read her poem, "Aubade for The Late Great Show" on NER Out Loud
![Katy Hargett-Hsu's “Internal Dissent” wins the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Crazy%20Horse-logo.png?itok=KvYbotEj)
Katy Hargett-Hsu's “Internal Dissent” wins the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize
![The Latest Publications from MFA Alum and Faculty Member, Eileen G'Sell](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Eileen%20G%27Sell%20Portrait.jpg?itok=-a5PoWie)
The Latest Publications from MFA Alum and Faculty Member, Eileen G'Sell
![MFA Alum Robert Whitehead wins 2022 Anne Halley Prize from Massachusetts Review](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/RWhitehead.jpeg?itok=PHjaJu3B)
MFA Alum Robert Whitehead wins 2022 Anne Halley Prize from Massachusetts Review
![2022 NEXT Award Winners](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
2022 NEXT Award Winners
![Chicago Review of Books with David Schuman](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/IMG_3820.jpeg?itok=u4EiLPWD)
Chicago Review of Books with David Schuman
![Schuman’s new prose chapbook bends genres](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/dave.jpeg?itok=gRfyiFdy)
Schuman’s new prose chapbook bends genres
!["Acorn" by Danielle Dutton in The New Yorker](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/acorn_0.jpg?itok=dDa2Ag7o)
"Acorn" by Danielle Dutton in The New Yorker
![Redux: Nothing Is Commoner in Summer than Love](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/phillips-1.jpeg?itok=mqbk_7bF)
Redux: Nothing Is Commoner in Summer than Love
![Carl Phillips Wins Jackson Poetry Prize, $75,000 Award](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/carl_0.jpeg?itok=kaVx8HpA)
Carl Phillips Wins Jackson Poetry Prize, $75,000 Award
!["The Cacophobe" by Seth Wang](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/letter.jpeg?itok=BQmeAhn6)
"The Cacophobe" by Seth Wang
![Cut & Paste: Poet Carl Phillips Explores The Politics Of The Everyday](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/carl.jpeg?itok=qWWDln5Q)
Cut & Paste: Poet Carl Phillips Explores The Politics Of The Everyday
![Matt Weinstock wins St. Louis Literary Award "Inspired By Showcase" graduate prize](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/writing_0.jpg?itok=79qsHHkD)
Matt Weinstock wins St. Louis Literary Award "Inspired By Showcase" graduate prize
![The Intoxicating Tilda Swinton Masters Almodóvar](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen.jpg?itok=NM4iGOt9)
The Intoxicating Tilda Swinton Masters Almodóvar
![A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen_0.jpg?itok=PDaUFjF4)
A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power
!["9to5" Strikes at a Missing Piece of Feminist History](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen_1.jpg?itok=FT0SKSih)
"9to5" Strikes at a Missing Piece of Feminist History
![Two Dramas Plumb the Depths of Women’s Midlife Chaos](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen_2.jpg?itok=lA3PjCV0)
Two Dramas Plumb the Depths of Women’s Midlife Chaos
!["Pieces of a Woman" Falls to Pieces](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen_3.jpg?itok=nbrkvpQL)
"Pieces of a Woman" Falls to Pieces
![Zenique Gardner Perry wins 2020 "Illuminating Black Lives" fellowship at Writers' Colony of Dairy Hollow](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/zenique.png?itok=hpKlkRMd)
Zenique Gardner Perry wins 2020 "Illuminating Black Lives" fellowship at Writers' Colony of Dairy Hollow
![“MLK/FBI” and “Her Socialist Smile” Desanitize Two Radical Icons](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eileen_4.jpg?itok=6pba_G1N)
“MLK/FBI” and “Her Socialist Smile” Desanitize Two Radical Icons
![Penguin Poets to publish Tran’s debut](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/paultran.jpg?itok=UB2Q3eX_)
Penguin Poets to publish Tran’s debut
![Danielle Dutton writes short story "One Woman and Two Great Men" in the Chicago Review](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/IMG_3752.jpg?itok=nMZC3ttd)
Danielle Dutton writes short story "One Woman and Two Great Men" in the Chicago Review
![Alumna Emma Hine publishes award-winning poetry collection, “Stay Safe”](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Hine.Stay%2BSafe.jpg?itok=9JFg1gEy)
Alumna Emma Hine publishes award-winning poetry collection, “Stay Safe”
![Noah Bogdonoff publishes short story in Strange Horizons](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/noah.jpeg?itok=v6fjE7rb)
Noah Bogdonoff publishes short story in Strange Horizons
![How Teddy Wayne (MFA '07) became a prominent literary voice](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/800px-Teddy_Wayne.jpg?itok=211Qn6SP)
How Teddy Wayne (MFA '07) became a prominent literary voice
![Professor Mary Jo Bang's translation of poem published in The Yale Review](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Mary Jo Bang's translation of poem published in The Yale Review
![Professor Danielle Dutton's piece "Sixty-six Dresses I Have Read" is published at Fence](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Danielle Dutton's piece "Sixty-six Dresses I Have Read" is published at Fence
![MFA students Matt Weinstock and Joe Gutierrez win 1st and 2nd place in Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA students Matt Weinstock and Joe Gutierrez win 1st and 2nd place in Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition
![Professor Carl Phillips's new book on list of must-read poetry](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Carl Phillips's new book on list of must-read poetry
![Creative Writing professor David Schuman publishes two short stories in Fence](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Creative Writing professor David Schuman publishes two short stories in Fence
![Creative Writing professor David Schuman publishes essay in Colorado Review](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Creative Writing professor David Schuman publishes essay in Colorado Review
![Professor Mary Jo Bang's translation of Stars on Earth by Shuzo Takiguchi published in LARB's Quarterly Journal](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Mary Jo Bang's translation of Stars on Earth by Shuzo Takiguchi published in LARB's Quarterly Journal
![Bang's Purgatorio published in The New Yorker](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Bang's Purgatorio published in The New Yorker
![Professor Danielle Dutton publishes short story](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Danielle Dutton publishes short story
![MFA alum Patrick Johnson publishes book of poems and short stories](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alum Patrick Johnson publishes book of poems and short stories
![Professor Deborah Taffa's memoir wins SFWP Literary Award](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professor Deborah Taffa's memoir wins SFWP Literary Award
![Professors Danielle Dutton and Kathryn Davis are mentioned in Literary Hub list of 20 best novels of the decade](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Professors Danielle Dutton and Kathryn Davis are mentioned in Literary Hub list of 20 best novels of the decade
![Poet and Pulitzer Finalist Diane Seuss to Join MFA Faculty as Visiting Lecturer and Writer for Spring 2020](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Poet and Pulitzer Finalist Diane Seuss to Join MFA Faculty as Visiting Lecturer and Writer for Spring 2020
![The Way Prayer Is -- an Interview with Carl Phillips](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
The Way Prayer Is -- an Interview with Carl Phillips
![Aditi Machado wins the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Aditi Machado wins the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets
![MFA alum Jae Kim wins 2019 Poems in Translation Contest](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alum Jae Kim wins 2019 Poems in Translation Contest
![MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed wins the Lilly Rosenberg Fellowship](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed wins the Lilly Rosenberg Fellowship
![MFA alum Judith Bishop wins 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alum Judith Bishop wins 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize
![MFA alum Amanda Goldblatt's debut novel](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alum Amanda Goldblatt's debut novel
![MFA alum Chris Dennis's short story collection](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/chris%20dennis.jpg?itok=xhIY-h-m)
MFA alum Chris Dennis's short story collection
![MFA Fiction faculty Kathryn Davis and Danielle Dutton both have stories in the new issue of Conjunctions](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Fiction faculty Kathryn Davis and Danielle Dutton both have stories in the new issue of Conjunctions
![MFA Student Analeah Rosen receives Fulbright research scholarship](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Student Analeah Rosen receives Fulbright research scholarship
![MFA alum Katya Apekina is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alum Katya Apekina is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize
![MFA Student Charles McCrory publishes two short stories](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Student Charles McCrory publishes two short stories
![Remembering Marni Ludwig, MFA ‘11](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Remembering Marni Ludwig, MFA ‘11
![The Spectacle Launches its 6th Issue](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
The Spectacle Launches its 6th Issue
![MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed wins National Book Award in Poetry](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed wins National Book Award in Poetry
![MFA alum Aaron Coleman's essay published by the Poetry Society of America](https://english.wustl.edu/files/english/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Aaron_Coleman-e1500157408871.jpg?itok=RUI2s5JU)
MFA alum Aaron Coleman's essay published by the Poetry Society of America
![Alumni Update: Judith Bishop, MFA 2004](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Alumni Update: Judith Bishop, MFA 2004
![MFA Alum Katya Apekina's debut novel, "The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish," published by Two Dollar Radio](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Alum Katya Apekina's debut novel, "The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish," published by Two Dollar Radio
![MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed on longlist for National Book Award for Poetry](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Alum Justin Phillip Reed on longlist for National Book Award for Poetry
![MFA student Paul Tran receives 2018 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA student Paul Tran receives 2018 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship
![MFA alums' essay published in "They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing"](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA alums' essay published in "They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing"
![Alumni Update: Mike Bezemek, MFA 2008](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Alumni Update: Mike Bezemek, MFA 2008
![MFA Alumni Update: Suzanne Cleary](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MFA Alumni Update: Suzanne Cleary
![Alumni Update: Aaron Coleman, MFA 2015](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Alumni Update: Aaron Coleman, MFA 2015
![Cassie Donish (MFA 2016)'s chapbook "On the Mezzanine" chosen as the winner of the Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Cassie Donish (MFA 2016)'s chapbook "On the Mezzanine" chosen as the winner of the Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition
![Alumni update: Nathaniel Rosenthalis, MFA 2016](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Alumni update: Nathaniel Rosenthalis, MFA 2016
![Alumni Update: Phillip Williams (MFA 2014)](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)